Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, Dick, I'll be that any washer or dryer you'd buy today would be far more efficient, use less energy, etc., than your 35-year-old machine. The only thing inherently valuable in a 35-year-old washer or dryer, compared to today's machine, is the set of memories that goes with it - all those loads of little kids clothes, etc. etc. ;-) On 6/13/06 10:05 PM, "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > Don - Economics always rules. Thanks to largely automated production > processes it's often cheaper to build new than stock replacement > parts and repair the old. Repair always involves labor and time. > > I've followed this unfortunate path myself. When my five-year old > dehumidifier died recently the choice was either to spend $100 > minimum to repair it or $200 to buy a new, better one. I went for > the new, just like most of us would do, but it still rankles. > > There's something seriously out of whack here. > > On the other hand, if my now 35-year old Maytag washer or dryer > developed a problem I'd almost certainly repair it. There's > something inherently valuable in those machines, like our Leicas. > (Whew! Back on topic, didn't think I'd make it. :-) ) > > Dick > >> Richard, >> The waste is in the engineering. I have three cordless drills that all >> use >> different batteries not to mention battery design. We rush designs out >> without thinking through the process because it is too easy to set up >> another factory deeper in China/Indonesia/Mexico to build whatever was >> rushed out the door. >> >> I think that one of the things that most of us liked about Leica's is that >> not that much changed over the decades and that most of it still played >> nicely with the older pieces or younger pieces. There was some serious >> engineering going on behind the scenes. >> >> Don >> don.dory@gmail.com >> >> >> On 6/13/06, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> (snip) >>>> I had a friend who had a big screen TV.... it cost him $4K, he had >>>> it for a year, then threw it out when it went bad. His new >>>> replacement was less costly ($2700) and bigger. Made sense to him...... >>>> >>>> Obviously not me. I like mechanical cameras. >>>> >>>> Frank Filippone >>>> red735i@earthlink.net >>> >>> (snip) >>> >>> The consumer economy at it's worst - and an astonishing waste of >>> energy (think) oil) to boot. But that's what keeps the economy >>> humming. >>> >>> It makes my teeth grind to think of all the human and physical energy >>> wasted when gear like that screen (or a DSLR, to get back on topic) >>> is thrown out after so little use. >>> >>> End of rant. :-)) >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dick >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information